Email backups
Enable keeping deleted emails and back up the most important emails from your most important folders. You can restore any important emails that you have deleted by accident.
Keep all deleted emails
You can use this option to access all emails deleted from your mailbox within six months.
- Pull the screen to the right.
- Tap Settings (under the list of folders and labels).
- Select the account where you want to set up email backups.
- Tap Backups.
- Turn on Keep deleted emails.
Confirm the action by entering the code sent to your primary phone number. If you haven't linked your phone to your account, confirm the action by entering your password. We recommend linking your phone. This serves as additional protection for your account and email backups.
- Tap View deleted emails under the option.
- Select the emails you want to restore.
- Select the folder where you want to move the recovered emails, such as Inbox.
Create a backup
Emails in your folders are saved in the backup when you create it. Emails received in the mailbox after the backup was created are not added to it automatically: you'll need to create a new backup.
- Pull the screen to the right.
- Tap Settings (under the list of folders and labels).
- Select the account you want to create a backup for.
- Tap Backups.
- Tap Create a copy and select the email folders you want to create a backup for.Restriction. You can back up a maximum of 100,000 emails.
- Tap Create a backup.
- Confirm the action by entering the code sent to your primary phone number. If you haven't linked your phone to your account, confirm the action by entering your password. We recommend linking your phone. This serves as additional protection for your account and email backups.
Restore emails from a backup
You can use a backup to restore emails that were deleted from the mailbox after the backup was created.
- Pull the screen to the right.
- Tap Settings (under the list of folders and labels).
- Select the account where you want to restore emails.
- Tap Backups.
- Select the current copy.
- Tap Restore emails next to the date and time of the last successful backup.
- Confirm the action by entering the code sent to your primary phone number. If you haven't linked your phone to your account, confirm the action by entering your password. We recommend linking your phone. This serves as additional protection for your account and email backups.
Delete a backup
- Pull the screen to the right.
- Tap Settings (under the list of folders and labels).
- Select the account where you want to restore emails.
- Tap Backups.
- Select the current copy.
- Tap Delete next to the date and time of the last successful backup.
- Confirm the action by entering the code sent to your primary phone number. If you haven't linked your phone to your account, confirm the action by entering your password. We recommend linking your phone. This serves as additional protection for your account and email backups.
What happens when the subscription ends?
If you unsubscribe, you won't be able to view deleted emails or restore emails from backups. However, we'll retain the deleted emails and backups for a while, so you can have time to renew your subscription.